The family of a South Sudanese political and human rights activist was distressed by the abduction of its kin from their Kangundo road home on Saturday, February 4, by individuals they claimed to be police officers.
Morris Mabior Awikjok was seeking asylum in Kenya after a fallout with government officials in South Sudan and had since lived in Kenya for two years.
Speaking to Citizen TV on Wednesday, February 8, Angelina Aliet, the wife of the missing Sudanese citizen stated that five men and a woman followed her husband from a nearby shop and forced them to open their door.
Aliet explained that the armed individuals ransacked their house, confiscated their phones and laptops, and handcuffed her husband.
"My husband was always questioning the government and holding it accountable for all of the suffering of the people in South Sudan.
“He always expressed dissatisfaction with the South Sudanese government's actions,” Aliet stated.
In addition, a relative to Awikjok explained that the activist was vigilant about matters of governance, speaking about corruption and leadership he believed caused his people harm.
“He spoke constantly about corruption and about how the leadership of South Sudan was based on selfish gains.
“He believed that South Sudan's leader was holding the country's democracy in his hands and was destroying it,” a relative to the activist added.
Moreover, Aliet stated that she did not have any information concerning the whereabouts of her husband adding that she had seen posts on social media claiming that he may have been taken back to his country.
“I am unaware if the people that took him were from the government of Kenya or the government of South Sudan, but they did not give us any reason for his arrest. They did not say a word,” Aliet lamented.
However, speaking to Citizen TV, officers from the Hurligham East police post, stated that the officers who abducted the activist were from the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) based in Nairobi.
However, the Anti-Terror Police Unit had since denied involvement in the case.
